EdTech Magazine

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

Last month, Atkinson Hyperlegible typeface became available on Google Fonts. Created by Applied Design Works with guidance from the Braille Institute, Atkinson Hyperlegible is designed to aid readability for users with low vision. The font is named for Robert J. Atkinson, founder of the Braille Institute.

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

MARCH 23, 2021

Several teachers overlook Google Docs accessibility features thus missing out on important learning and teaching possibilities for their students. In today''s post we will highlight four important.read more

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

JANUARY 28, 2021

Several teachers overlook Google Docs accessibility features thus missing out on important learning and teaching possibilities for their students. In today''s post we will highlight four important.read more.

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Teacher Tech

FEBRUARY 19, 2019

Head on over to slides.new and check out the new accessibility feature. Accessibility Menu You can also find the new Accessibility menu to the right of the Help menu. The menu is also available in Google […]. The post NEW ACCESSIBILITY in Google Apps appeared first on Teacher Tech.

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Educational Technology Guy

MARCH 26, 2019

Accessibility is an important topic in education and encompasses the classroom space, digital tools and resources and much more. Creating an Accessibility-Friendly Classroom Environment Is the classroom bursting with patterned borders on the bulletin boards and bright colorful posters/word walls/anchor charts?

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Teacher Tech

FEBRUARY 19, 2019

Head on over to slides.new and check out the new accessibility feature. Accessibility Menu You can also find the new Accessibility menu to the right of the Help menu. The menu is also available in Google […]. The post NEW ACCESSIBILITY in Google Apps appeared first on Teacher Tech.

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Shake Up Learning

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

The post Use the “@” Symbol to Insert and Access Shortcuts in Google Docs appeared first on Shake Up Learning. Did you know that a whole new menu appears when you type the @ symbol in Google Docs? Use the “@” Symbol to Insert and Access Shortcuts in #GoogleDocs. Click To Tweet.

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Teacher Tech

MARCH 19, 2020

Deborah Alexander with How to Set a Passcode Guest blog post with Deborah Alexander On Twitter Jen Wagner noted that sometimes when families install Google things on their iPad devices that the school requires a passcode on the device.

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Hapara

JANUARY 24, 2022

There are several ways Google can support remote learning. First, Google Meet for Education isn’t a secret. If you’re looking for a new way to engage with your class in real-time, here are some extensions that work within Google Meet. Visual Effects for Google Meet. Visual Effects for Google Meet. On YoTeach!

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

JANUARY 1, 2024

Google Docs, a widely used platform for creating and sharing documents, offers several ways to incorporate these special characters. The first method involves using Google Input Tools, a versatile tool that supports over 90 languages. The second method is the Easy Accents extension, specifically tailored for Google Docs.

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Shake Up Learning

FEBRUARY 28, 2020

The post How to Access Files Offline in Google Drive appeared first on Shake Up Learning. Sometimes we need to work on our Google Drive files when we don’t have an Internet connection. So I’m going to show you how to access files in Google Drive using the Google Docs offline extension.

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Shake Up Learning

FEBRUARY 11, 2020

The post Google Accessibility Tools to Reach ALL Learners – SULS049 appeared first on Shake Up Learning. Accessibility is and should be a huge topic of discussion across multiple industries but especially in learning. Sarah Kiefer recently wrote a wonderful review of the Dynamic Learning with Google podcast series.

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eSchool News

APRIL 10, 2019

As educators, there are many things we can do to make our Google Docs more accessible to our students. Check out the best practices below to create documents that will be more readable and accessible for everyone, including your students. 4 ways to make your Google Docs more accessible. Use headings.

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Shake Up Learning

JULY 22, 2021

The post Google Meet Host Controls: How to block access, chat, and more! As the host of a Google Meet, you can control how and when your students join, and what they can do. Quick Access controls make it so the host must join first and keeps uninvited guests out of your Google Meet. Click To Tweet.

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Educational Technology Guy

MARCH 19, 2018

Google has some great resources for educators at the Google for Education Training Center. The Tools for Diverse Learners Training helps teachers learn how to use the accessibility features in Chromebooks and G Suite to help their students succeed. Related: Google for Education Resources.

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eSchool News

APRIL 26, 2024

The course combines Google and MIT RAISE’s technological expertise and shared commitment to promoting useful and responsible AI education. “Google wants to ensure every educator can take advantage of the opportunities created by AI. The course is online, two-hours, and self-paced—with no previous experience required.

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Teacher Tech with Alice Keeler

SEPTEMBER 17, 2023

There are new ways to show folders in Google Drive. Use this new feature to help you access your files more quickly. The post Teachers, Get Your Google Drive Sorted! appeared first on Teacher Tech.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 16, 2023

It is particularly common for struggles between organizations that utilize the Google Suite verse those that use a Microsoft Suite. Most of us have had a situation where a Zoom, Teams, or Google call was complicated or failed due to one or both institutions involved having too tight of security.

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Shake Up Learning

OCTOBER 17, 2023

The post Chromebook Accessibility Tools for ALL Learners – SULS0204 appeared first on Shake Up Learning. In this episode, I’m chatting with Pam Hubler, a valued Shake Up Learning team member , about Chromebook accessibility tools for all learners. Pam also shares her Chromebook Accessibility presentation (embedded below).

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Hapara

JULY 19, 2023

Listen to an audio version of this post: [link] Raise your hand if your learners have turned in a Google Docs assignment. Since Google Docs saves progress on its own, and learners can access it online, it certainly works well for word processing. Check out these Google Docs activities for learners across subjects.

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Teacher Tech with Alice Keeler

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

Google Classroom allows you to assign work and collect it from students. However, you can go further with your use of Classroom with these 5 hidden features of Google Classroom. Allow students to ask questions on an assignment and quickly access the comment bank.

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Educational Technology Guy

MARCH 27, 2015

Last month, I posted an article about some of Google Chrome''s accessibility features and resources. Google has a great site with resources about all of the accessibility features in all of their products. Follow me on Twitter and Google+. google accessibility Google for Educators'

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Teacher Tech with Alice Keeler

MARCH 24, 2023

Google updated their interface for Google Docs, Sheets, and Slides again. Can you still access the Explore tool? The post Google Explore, What Happened to It? This time the Explore tool is the victim of the design update. Where is it? Where Did the Explore Tool Go? appeared first on Teacher Tech.

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Teacher Tech

AUGUST 1, 2021

Easily change the sharing permissions on a Google Doc to anyone with the link can view. The post Remove “It says I do not have access” appeared first on Teacher Tech.

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MiddleWeb

JANUARY 30, 2024

To make sure social studies content reading is accessible to all of her students, no matter their level of reading when they arrive, Megan Kelly has added strategies to her literacy toolbox to create entry points for everyone. The post Making Social Studies Texts Accessible to All first appeared on MiddleWeb.

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Hapara

APRIL 11, 2022

One easy way to implement comics into your classroom is through the Google Slides app. Read on to learn more about some ways you can incorporate comics into your lessons to help boost student engagement and comprehension and how to create Google Slides comics. How teachers can implement comics in classroom lessons and H?para

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EdTechTeacher

JANUARY 31, 2023

Years ago when I would speak to people about Google Docs I would get funny looks. I remember the first time I told someone that there was no save button in Google Docs because it saves automatically. Now Google has become ubiquitous in schools for teachers and students alike. No tool represents this better than Google Workspace.

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

OCTOBER 14, 2021

On the occasion of National Disability Employment Awareness Month, Google introduced new and recent updates regarding Chromebooks built-in accessibility features. Below is a summary of these updates.read more.

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EdTechTeacher

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

As part of our EdTechTeacher Back to School webinar series, I recently led a “Virtual Tours with Google for EDU” session. The truth is that students can explore, even create virtual experiences using Google for EDU tools and resources that are already accessible. Or linked directly here ).

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Edsurge

AUGUST 23, 2022

When I asked him about it, he shared his screen on Zoom to demonstrate how he was using the Read&Write toolbar for Google Chrome to dictate his thoughts. What held me back was a lack of access to technology and a lack of being forced to be innovative with edtech. John no longer had access to a laptop.

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

AUGUST 25, 2022

The purpose of this post is to share with you some good resources where you can search for and access a wide range of pre-made Google Slides and PowerPoint templates. Simply click on each title to access its corresponding review. I have already reviewed each of these resources in separate posts in the past.

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eSchool News

APRIL 29, 2024

Digital Moment , in partnership with the Raspberry Pi Foundation and Google DeepMind , announced the launch of Experience AI , an educational program designed to support teachers in the fascinating but rapidly evolving field of artificial intelligence (AI), and to spark the curiosity of young people about the subject.

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

AUGUST 8, 2019

One of the important Google Drive features that is overlooked by several teachers is the ability to use Drive files offline. This allows you to access, view and edit files such as Google Docs,read more

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

Google announced today an interesting new feature to Google Docs, Sheets, and Slides allowing users to view embedded Office files in their documents and/or download or copy them directly to.read more.

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

JANUARY 14, 2023

Google Scholar is definitely a great academic search engine for research students and academics. Besides searching for academic literature such as journal articles, peer-reviewed papers, books, reports.etc, Google Scholar also enables you to create your personal library where you can save and organize your materials.

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techlearning

OCTOBER 30, 2023

The Help me write tool is built into Google docs for select users, providing ease of access that could make AI writing even more widespread.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 21, 2021

Nearly 20 years ago, Google made an ambitious play to digitize the content of some of the world’s largest research libraries. Schonfeld, co-author of the new book, “Along Came Google: A History of Library Digitization.” So remind us what Google did back around 2004. Our story isn't just, there was zero and then there was Google.

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